Psilocybe fimetaria is a dung-loving mushroom, usually found on horse dung. Along with Psilocybe fuscofulva, it is one of two Psilocybe mushroom species that has been found to contain no detectable levels of the psychoactive indole alkaloid psilocybin, In the case of P. fimetaria, this may be due to some individual specimens having a very low concentration, or the species actually being a pair of morphologically similar species.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Psilocybe fimetaria being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Hypholoma ericaeum
- Psilocybe aztecorum
- Panaeolus fimicola
- Panaeolus olivaceus
- Psilocybe gallaeciae
- Psilocybe semilanceata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Hymenogastraceae
- Genus
- Psilocybe
- Species
- Psilocybe fimetaria
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